Posted on 03/06/2025 11:52:42 AM PST by Miami Rebel
President Donald Trump convened his Cabinet in person on Thursday to deliver a message: You’re in charge of your departments, not Elon Musk.
According to two administration officials, Trump told top members of his administration that Musk was empowered to make recommendations to the departments but not to issue unilateral decisions on staffing and policy. Musk was also in the room.
The meeting followed a series of mass firings and threats to government workers from the billionaire Tesla founder, who helms the Department of Government Efficiency, that created broad uncertainty across the federal government and its workforce.
DOGE’s actions have faced ferocious resistance in court and criticism from Democratic lawmakers and some Republicans.
DOGE’s actions have faced ferocious resistance in court and criticism from Democratic lawmakers and some Republicans.
Dems attack Elon Musk after DOGE gains access to sensitive data
The president’s message represents the first significant move to narrow Musk’s mandate. According to Trump’s new guidance, DOGE and its staff should play an advisory role — but Cabinet secretaries should make final decisions on personnel, policy and the pacing of implementation.
Musk joined the conversation and indicated he was on board with Trump’s directive. According to one person familiar with the meeting, Musk acknowledged that DOGE had made some missteps — a message he shared earlier this week with members of Congress.
Trump stressed that he wants to keep good people in government and not to eject capable federal workers en masse. But his administration has in recent weeks fired tens of thousands of federal workers across numerous agencies in a series of blanket terminations. A federal judge and the chair of a federal civil service board have both concluded that the terminations were not tied to performance issues — and may have violated civil service laws.
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Really ?
lol
More faux controversy.
Pollutico.
Worthless unnamed sources from Polutico.
And I doubt Musk was ever "in charge" of all the departments.
Of course. Politico is just trying to put their own spin on it.
Politco? LOL! They do the old-time Pravda proud.
Thought this was always the case. I think it is just clarification for legal purposes and for the idiots that don’t understand plain english
Politico? One foot in the grave the other on a banana peel
Well technically that is the case, Elon is there to make recommendations but its up to Congress to put it into law..everything that DOGE finds its up to Congress to give us back the money that DOGE is finding. Trump said so himself on numerous occasions
Politico.
‘Nuff said.
“”And I doubt Musk was ever “in charge” of all the departments. “””
Musk has always said that he finds stuff and makes recommendations.
Bullshit
Musk him self said the same thing a week ago on Joe Rogan’s podcast
So once again Politico or their “unnamed sources” are lying.
sounds like bullshit to me ... only the President and the Cabinet/Department heads can actually fire people ...
DOGE is an auditor; auditor make recommendations to management ... management decides what, if anything, to do with said recommendations ...
they were literally getting millions from USAID. I would wait to hear from some other sources.
Politico
whatever.....
Musk has always said that DOGE makes recommendations and Trump and the department heads choose to make those changes, layoffs, etc.
In other news Trump is planning to abolish The Department of Education and cut 65% of the workers at The EPA and 45,000 at The IRS.
You all know Politico is paid by democrats to bring division among our side. They always distort things and this is a good example.
More Polutico BS.
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